Interchangeable heel and means for attaching the same to boots and shoes



No. 895,924. PATENTED-AUG. 11, 190B.

W. WHITE. INTERCH-ANGEABLE HEEL AND MEANS FOR ATTAGHING THE SAME T0 BOOTS AND SHOES.

.APPLIGATIOE TILED HOV. 26,1907.

. ber or leather UNITED PATENT OFF-10113.?

WILLIAM WHITE, OF NORTH FITZROY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

) SHOES INTI eQHANGEABLE HELL; AND MEANS FOR ATTACHING rm: sum T0 Bo'o'rs AND Patented Aug. '1 1, 1908.

Application filed ovember 26, 1907 Serial No. 403,901.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, WILLIAM WHITE, a sub ect of King of Great Britain, residing at, N o. 23 Scotchmer street, North Fitzroy,

in the State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia, estate agent, have invented certain new and usefu Improvements in Interchangeable Heels-and Means for Attaching the Same to Boots and Shoes, of which the following-is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of interchangeable heels and means for attaching the same to boots and shoes in which a rubpad is removably attached to the heel proper.

My invention is specially devised for interchangeable heels of rubber and will be hereinafter described as applied to heels of that material but it is not confined to such.

Several different devices have'been pro- ,vided for attaching these removable heelpieces. In some cases ordinary screws are used While in others projections on the pad are adapted to engage slots or recesses in theheel proper or vice-verse, springs or other de-. vices being provided to lock the same in position. These and. other like interchangeable heels necessitatecertain tools or instrumentsjbeingused for unlocking the said devices'and removing the said pads.

' The-object of my invention is to provide meansfor attaching rubber or other pads to the heels of boots and shoes which permit of the said pads being easily disconnected from the heel proper without the use of any tool whenever it is desired to change the pad from one heel to the other or to attach a new,

one. I accomplish this object by providing means for attaching the said pads to the heels jof boots and shoes consisting of one or more projections h ving enlarged heads upon the heel proper eng ging slots in the heel pad (or vice-.vers'a) in combination'with a stationary pin in the heel proper engaging a hole in the heel'pad for preventing the ad from moving laterally and thereby loclii'ng the arts together, thespringof the pad itself eing utilized for disconnectin Inorder that my invention may be better to describe the same by reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings inlwhich j Figure 1 is a view of the steel or other late which is molded into the rubber pad. ig. 2 is a-section of the same taken on the .the pad thereto.

Fig. .3 is a similar section on the Fig. 4 IS a perspective view of a line 1-1. line 2 2.

heel pad showing the steel plate molded or formed therein. Fig.5 is an under view of the heel pro or showing the screws or other projections aving enlarged heads for fixing Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the application of the pad to the heel proper at the commencement of the operation of fixing the same thereto. Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the heel pad fixed in position. 8 is a view of a modification of my invention having only one-slot engaging only one screw or projection. Figs. 9 and 10 show a further modification in which two slots engaging two screws or projections are used being adapted to similar sizes such as those used for ladies foot wear. A is the heel ad formed preferably of rubber and B is tie heel proper to which the said pad A is removably attached. For this purpose the heel proper B is provided with one or more projections having enlarged heads adapted t'o-engage slots formed in the upper face of the heel pad A. These projections havin enlarged or extended heads are preferably ormed by screws C being driven home until the head and a small portion of the shank are left exposed.

The heel. pad A is formed'with a metal plate E molded or otherwise formed therein having slots D as shown. These slots D in the plate E are formed with enlargements at one end so that the heads projections may pass therethrough while the remaining portions of the said slots D are of such a size as to only accommodate the shanks of the said screws or projections C The slots D in the plate E are arranged preferably as segments of the same circle and may be either three in number (as shown in Figs. 1 4 and 6) or two in number (as shown in Figs. 9 and 10). v

he screws or projections in theheel proper B are placed in a corresponding position so that they may all engage the enlarged portions of the slots D at the sametime when the heel pad A is being attached and that when the said Y pad A is turned'or moved the heads of the screws or projections C pass under the plate. E and securely lock the heel pad A to thelieel proper B. For this purpose the plate E is formed with a domed or raised portion E" within which theslots D are cut. The plate E is further proof the screws or in place.

' race or recess pin or ably at the center of the breast of the heel 1 provided with headed projecting means proper B adapted to engage an inclined retogether. the heel pad A until the pin F is out of engagwith the pin vided with a number of holes or perforations E. so that when molded or otherwise formed into the rubber heel pad A it is securely held In molding. the plate E into a rubber pad A the domed or raised portion E is 1 formed flush with then per surface of the pad and the space beneat i the said domed or raised portion E may be partiallyfilled with rubber leaving only enough space forthe heads of the screws or projections (J to pass through the slots D and under the plate E. When the plate E is built into a leather or other like pad it is similarly formed with the raised or domed portion E flush with the upper face.

For the purpose of locking the screws or 1 further projection F arranged prefercess or race G in the heel pad A. For this pur ose the plate E is preferably arranged wit an inclined portion E at the forward j end. having a hole H in the center and at the highermost point of the inclined portion E. In moldin the rubber or other pad A upon i the plate a ortion is cut away to form'a with the inclined portion E of the plate at the bottom thereof and the hole H at the upper end. are made as segmentsof'a circle the race or recess G is similarly a segment of a circle the center of which is the same as that of the slots D. Instead of forming the metal bottom of the inclined race or recess G inte al with the pla j ,E a separate plate or was er may be provided.

1n attaching a heel pad A to the heel proper B the heads of the screws or projections C are passed t ough the enlarged portions of the recesses D with the pin F engaging the lowermost portion of the inclined recess or race G as shown more particularly in Fig. 4'. By turning the heel pad in the direction as shown by the arrow in' Fig. 6 the heads of the screws ,or projections C pass, underneath the plate E and the pin F rising in the inclinedrace or recess G lifts the heel pad A pntil the said in F engages the hole H when the spring of t e rubber causes the pad A to lie fiat upon the heel proper B. In this way lateral movement is prevented and the projections C within the slots D I provide a When the slots D a straight line, preferably longitudinal, as

\ shown.

With interchangeable heels for boots arid shoes formed according to my invention the heels may be attached'or removed at any time without the use of any tool or other instrument and when worn to any extent the heel pads may be transposed from one boot or shoe to the other or fresh ones replaced as maybe required.

J I claim 1. In an interchangeable heel and means;

for attaching the same to boots and shoes, the combination with the fixed heel proper within the bodythereof and a pin projecting outwardly therefrom near the breast,- of a heel pad'having a slotted plate to receiye the headed projecting ineans and also formed with a central opening at its inner end, the

pad being also adjacent to and forming a guide toward'the said opening to cooperate with the pin projeoting outwardly near the breast of the fixed heel proper. I

y 2. In an interchangeable heel and means for attaching the same the combination with a fixed heel proper provided with a plurality of projections having enlarged heads and a pin extending outpad having a plate secured thereto provided with a dome in which a plurality of curved key-hole slots are formed and an opening at its vinnerend, the pad having a race cut therein to receive the said pin and guide the latter to the opening in the plate, the keyhole slots in the dome of the'plate receiving the projections and heads.

for, attaching the same to boots and shhes, the combination with the fixed heel proper provided with headed projecting means within the body thereof outwardly therefrom, the said pin being without a head,' of a heel pad having a slotted plate secured thereto to receive the headed projecting means and provided with a cenheads' of the screws or rojections C are maintained beneath the p ate-E and the ad A'and the heel 1proper B are securely loc ed By fting. the breast portion of ment with the holeH and turmngthe pad A F sliding into the lowermost portion of the inclined recess orrace G the pad A may be easily removed therefrom.

In the construction according to Fig. -8

tral opening to receivethe pin,

being formed with'an inclined race adjacent opening.

In testimony 'yvlier'eof my hand in presence w tnesses.

I have hereunto set --Witnesses: I

-CLEM A. HAoK;

one slot D- only is provided with one corre- ANNIE RoxBUnen.

3. In an interchangeable heel and means.

the pad also WILIJIAM WHITE.

therefrom by a movement in.

to boots and shoes,

wardly therefrom near its breast of a heel and a pin projecting to and'fornungga guide toward the said of 'two subscribing 

